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Courageous is a film I’ve been looking forward to since I first laid eyes on it’s gorgeous trailer. It had everything a fantastic Pixar film has: a wonderful setting, fantastic CGI, gorgeous and fascinating characters, and a lot of heart. In fact, Merida alone was such an fascinating and adorable character, that it was instantly on my to watch list. Granted, this isn’t Pixar’s best, but that’s holding it up to extremely high standards. As an animated film, but, this is a fantastic and fascinating film, a treat for the summer.

Courageous tells the tale of the aforementioned Merida, a young, Scottish princess whose life is controlled by her mother so that she can be shaped into a queen someday over the surrounding tribes. In an effort to change her fate and be free of her oppressive, but loving mother, she attempts to change her fate, and in the process makes a huge mistake. I won’t get into plot details, as the trailer really doesn’t give a lot away in terms of what this film is really about, but suffice to say, there is plenty of fun and adventure to be had.

Pixar always manages to make an fascinating and unique tale, and this goes right up there with the best of them. Using the Scottish highlands is both an inspiring choice and allows them to craft a gorgeous film. With sweeping mountains, water, and thick and colorful forests, this is one of Pixar’s best looking films to date. It trumps the jungles of UP and even the magical underwater world of Finding Nemo. There is a certain amount of magic in the environments alone, and staring on it is a wonder. The characters are also fantastic. Merida is a wonderful addition to Disney’s princess lineup, and unlike those others, she is no damsel in distress. She, like her mother, is perfectly capable of handling herself, with her trusty archery skills and even tackles a few perilous situations on her own instead of having someone there to save her. In fact, this could be seen as an inverse, as Merida really becomes a hero in many ways and triumphs over the males in her own age bracket. Also of note is Billy Connolly, voicing Fergus, who lends his comedic chops to make a wonderful and likable character.

while this film may not be up there with Pixar’s best, it still has a wonderful tale and character interaction. Merida’s relationship with her family feels genuine and most children will probably be able to relate. At the heart of the tale is her relationship with her mother. This is more than a tale about fate, but a tale about obligations to family and how growing up means taking responsibility and putting away childish selfishness in place of those responsibilities. Although the core plot is unconventional and unexpected, it has a fantastic heart and once again proves that Pixar can tell a tale like no other.